New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has confirmed the launch of Earth observation satellite EOS-3 on its GSLV Mk III vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota on August 12.
“Subject to weather conditions, the launch is scheduled for August 12, 2021 at 0543 hrs IST,” ISRO said in a release.
“EOS-03 is a state-of-the-art agile Earth observation satellite that will be placed in a geosynchronous transfer orbit by GSLV-F10. Thereafter, the satellite will reach the final geostationary orbit using its onboard propulsion system,” the release added.
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ISRO further said, “For the first time in this GSLV flight a 4 meter diameter Ogive sized payload fairing is being flown”, “this is the fourteenth flight of GSLV”.
The space agency, which is targeting four launches in the next five months, will resume India’s space activities with this mission after a gap of four months due to the second wave of COVID-19.
This will be the second operational flight of GSLV Mk III after the Chandrayaan-2 mission.
The Chandrayaan-2 mission, a highly complex mission, represents a significant technological leap compared to ISRO’s previous missions, which brought together an orbiter, lander and rover with the goal of exploring the Moon’s south pole.
The objective of this unique mission was to study not only one region of the Moon, but all the regions comprising the exosphere, the surface as well as the sub-surface of the Moon, in a single mission.
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